Broncos have no QB vs Saints

[tk13]

That "more interceptions than completions" stat was actually the famous Ryan Leaf game against the Chiefs.

[KChiefs1]

Bwahahaha! The 1998 game was the epic Chiefs beatdown of Ryan Leaf!

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199809200kan.htm


[emoji106]

[Rain Man]

The 2005 game was a matchup of the 49ers and Bears. Our own Kyle Orton piloted the Bears to a win on the strength of 67 yards passing, aided by a 108 yard return of a missed field goal.

On the other side of the field, the 49ers started Cody Pickett (who?). On a very windy day, Picket went 1 of 13 for 28 yards and 1 interception.

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/200511130chi.htm

[tk13]

Rain Man beat me to it.

Well if you want another stat... that 12 yards was their lowest total since 1983. It was John Elway's first game. He went 1-8 for 14 yards. Steve Deberg also played and threw 8 passes, but they allowed a bunch of sacks, and the Broncos finished with 1 net yard passing.

Amazingly, they beat the Steelers 14-10.

[Rain Man]

Rain Man beat me to it.

Well if you want another stat... that 12 yards was their lowest total since 1983. It was John Elway's first game. He went 1-8 for 14 yards. Steve Deberg also played and threw 8 passes, but they allowed a bunch of sacks, and the Broncos finished with 1 net yard passing.

Amazingly, they beat the Steelers 14-10.


I figured Elway would have something to do with it.

[cdcox]

Fangio also chewed out the QB group for violating COVID protocols. I’m pissed the NFL scheduled us opposite of this game so I couldn’t watch.

[Rain Man]

Fangio also chewed out the QB group for violating COVID protocols. I’m pissed the NFL scheduled us opposite of this game so I couldn’t watch.

Yeah, I really wanted to see it. Too bad it wasn't the Sunday Night game.

Hey, I wonder if it'll be replayed on NFL Network this week.

[wazu]

Saw on Twitter some people giving Hinton some love. I mean, looking at the stats, I think it would be hard to be worse. He completed one pass all day. And ran for almost nothing. I don't blame him at all, but not seeing how it was some heroic effort. I think I could probably call up a few of my buddies who could do better. Good to see that he was at least on the same level as Elway, though.

[Megatron96]

It's funny to look at those stats, especially since it happened to DEN.

But I feel for Hinton. That's just about the worst spot the guy could be put in. He wasn't even with the team a month ago or whatever. He wasn't even playing football. And hadn't taken a snap at QB in years. Then Fangio brings him in and tells him hours before the game that he's going to be the QB in a game against the Saints? One of the best pass-rushing teams in the league?

"Hey kid, try to learn a dozen or two plays before tomorrow, okay? Oh, and try not to get killed by Cameron Jordan (10-year pro, selected to NFL's HOF All-2010s Team, 92 sacks, 5-time Pro-Bowler, etc., ad nauseum), D. Onyemata, Malcolm Brown, Trey Hendrickson, D. Davis, etc. You say you're a WR? haven't played QB in years? No worries. Just don't throw the ball to the guys in the black unis, okay? And try to remember what all the plays are called, how the OL needs to adjust for the rush, where all your receivers are supposed to be, Who your hot routes are, which side you're supposed to hand-off on for each running play . . . you know, the basics. Shouldn't take you more than, say 3 years? But we need you to get all of that down in about 8 hours. And don't worry about embarrassing yourself and your family on TV, or maybe getting seriously injured doing shit you haven't done in ages. Good luck with that."

Doubt there's 10 WRs in the league that would be game for that nonsense. And this kid was selling insurance or whatever a few weeks ago?

Guessing close to 100% of PS WRs would tell Vickie to go eff himself. But Hinton must have a big set of balls on him.

[Rain Man]

I still can't figure out why they picked that guy. I'd be surprised if no one on their active roster can throw a football, and those guys would at least know the plays. In the past when teams could only have two active quarterbacks (and maybe that's also the present), teams always had an emergency guy like their punter who could fill in if there were two injuries. The broncos didn't have that?

I look at our roster, and I could see the Chiefs lining up Kelce or Townsend or even Tyreek Hill. All of those guys can throw, and they know the plays.

[alanm]

91 total gross passing yards for both teams combined. That's awesome.I didn't watch any of it but that must have been a fast moving clock. Correction game time was 2:40. Pretty fast game.

[alanm]

Yea. He had one day to prepare and hadn’t played QB since his junior year of college.

I guess the Broncos asked the NFL if they could put one of their young coaches at QB who knew the offense, but it got denied.I think that would have been worse.

[alanm]

Bwahahaha! The 1998 game was the epic Chiefs beatdown of Ryan Leaf!

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/199809200kan.htmJust like the Chiefs. They gave up a 72 yrd TD run to Natrone Means.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

It's funny to look at those stats, especially since it happened to DEN.

But I feel for Hinton. That's just about the worst spot the guy could be put in. He wasn't even with the team a month ago or whatever. He wasn't even playing football. And hadn't taken a snap at QB in years. Then Fangio brings him in and tells him hours before the game that he's going to be the QB in a game against the Saints? One of the best pass-rushing teams in the league?



Doubt there's 10 WRs in the league that would be game for that nonsense. And this kid was selling insurance or whatever a few weeks ago?

Guessing close to 100% of PS WRs would tell Vickie to go eff himself. But Hinton must have a big set of balls on him.
Oh cmon. He did absolutely NOTHING ROFL

[Deberg_1990]

https://www.bleachernation.com/bears/2020/11/29/the-broncos-reportedly-tried-to-get-the-nfl-to-let-them-start-an-assistant-coach-at-quarterback/


Rob Calabrese hasn't played competitive football since his final season with the Central Florida Knights in 2012.

The Denver Broncos still hoped he could fill their void at quarterback on Sunday.

According to ESPN, Denver requested that Calabrese — in his second season as an offensive quality control coach on Vic Fangio's staff — be eligible to start behind center against the New Orleans Saints after every other quarterback on the roster was ruled out due to COVID-19 protocols.

The team felt Calabrese could command the offense better than any other player, but the league and commissioner denied the team's petition, per ESPN. Wide receiver Kendall Hinton, a former quarterback at Wake Forest, will give it his best shot instead.

The report said "the NFL doesn't want coaching staffs being storage areas for potential players" as the league navigates coronavirus infection surges across the league.

Broncos backup Jeff Driskel tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. Starter Drew Lock, along with reserves Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles, were deemed high-risk contacts and thus ineligible for Sunday. The Broncos also requested that the game be pushed to Tuesday in an effort for one of the quarterbacks to be available.

Signing a free agent quarterback to play Sunday would not be an option, as any player who joins the team would not clear the league's COVID-19 testing protocols in time to participate in the game.

Calabrese arrived at UCF in 2008 and started as a true freshmen before assuming a backup role for the next two seasons. An injury cost him the 2011 campaign and he returned in 2012 as a hybrid quarterback-receiver.

He spent one season coaching high school before returning to the Knights as a graduate assistant in 2014. Wagner hired him as offensive coordinator before the 2017 season an,d he spent two years in that role before the Broncos hired him.

[ThaVirus]

He had a 0.1 QBR and a 0 Rating.

I get what you’re saying, but I doubt he could have done much worse than that.

He did not play well but given the circumstances, that's completely expected.

Taking everything into account, that Ryan Leaf game against us was much worse. Leaf was a #2 overall pick, career QB, had an entire offseason to learn the playbook, took practice reps, etc. Nathan Peterman also posted a stat line of 6 for 14 for 66 yards, 0 TDs and 5 INTs in just one half in 2017.

This dude was selling some bullshit a month ago, not even in the league. Hadn't even taken a snap at QB in years, let alone a single snap with this very team he was named starter of just 24 hours before game time. He plays for a shit team with few weapons and he was going against one of the best teams in the league.

[warpaint*]

Fangio also chewed out the QB group for violating COVID protocols. I’m pissed the NFL scheduled us opposite of this game so I couldn’t watch.

Fangio should get fired for this

To not have a culture firmly entrenched to handle your business in order to keep something absurd like this from occurring is unacceptable.

It's also an indicator of a lack of attention to detail that is probably part of the reason why it doesn't look like Lock's gonna make it. He better learn that lesson STAT.

You think Brees or Brady or Manning or Mahommes is going to allow something so easily avoidable from preventing them from playing in a game?

It's not just the talent that makes those guys great, it's getting the most out of it due to work, attention to detail, not being sloppy even in practice, etc.

That's a loser clown organization move. If Elway wasn't Elway something like this could get him wacked too.

[DeepPurple]

I watched the game for about ten minutes. The guy Hinton looks small, like a high school player. I saw him make 3 passes, one was a deep ball for him, maybe 25 yards and he looked like someone throwing a hail mary, the ball arched so high and was out of bounds to the receiver. The other two passes fell short and hit the ground. The guy has no arm stretch whatsoever. I could see that in five seconds, what were they thinking. If I was a Broncos fan I would be embarassed.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/hinton.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024

[loochy]

I watched the game for about ten minutes. The guy Hinton looks small, like a high school player. I saw him make 3 passes, one was a deep ball for him, maybe 25 yards and he looked like someone throwing a hail mary, the ball arched so high and was out of bounds to the receiver. The other two passes fell short and hit the ground. The guy has no arm stretch whatsoever. I could see that in five seconds, what were they thinking. If I was a Broncos fan I would be embarassed.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/hinton.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024


WTF are they supposed to do?

[DeepPurple]

WTF are they supposed to do? With 32 practice squads, don't tell me they couldn't find a guy better than some dude that was on the street.

[Halfcan]

Donks have another beating coming this weekend- it must seem like the longest season ever.

[DaFace]

With 32 practice squads, don't tell me they couldn't find a guy better than some dude that was on the street.There's a 5-day delay for new players coming in due to COVID. Guys on the street weren't an option.

[PAChiefsGuy]

I watched the game for about ten minutes. The guy Hinton looks small, like a high school player. I saw him make 3 passes, one was a deep ball for him, maybe 25 yards and he looked like someone throwing a hail mary, the ball arched so high and was out of bounds to the receiver. The other two passes fell short and hit the ground. The guy has no arm stretch whatsoever. I could see that in five seconds, what were they thinking. If I was a Broncos fan I would be embarassed.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/hinton.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024

Worse than Palko?

[Megatron96]

Oh cmon. He did absolutely NOTHING ROFL

He didn't get killed. And he didn't quit.

I just watched a clip of his throws on YT. yeah, it wasn't pretty, but it wasn't as bad as it would've been if you'd played for example. Or me for that matter. He could've thrown 8 pick-6s, or gotten sacked 20 times and fumbled the ball for a half dozen scoop-and-scores. Or thrown 9 'intentional grounding' plays.

It could've been horrific for him. But he didn't completely embarrass himself. He doesn't have anything like an NFL arm, but he took the snaps and when asked to pass, he actually tried to put balls on receivers. he missed a lot, but good Christ, who wouldn't given the situation.

And he didn't have to do it. He could've told Vickie to screw himself, rather than risk complete public/national embarrassment on TV, in front of friends, family, and other football teams. Remember, that debacle is on his permanent resume now.

He showed a tubful of guts accepting, hell, volunteering, to take one for the team and going out there.

I probably wouldn't have done it.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

He didn't get killed. And he didn't quit.

I just watched a clip of his throws on YT. yeah, it wasn't pretty, but it wasn't as bad as it would've been if you'd played for example. Or me for that matter. He could've thrown 8 pick-6s, or gotten sacked 20 times and fumbled the ball for a half dozen scoop-and-scores. Or thrown 9 'intentional grounding' plays.

It could've been horrific for him. But he didn't completely embarrass himself. He doesn't have anything like an NFL arm, but he took the snaps and when asked to pass, he actually tried to put balls on receivers. he missed a lot, but good Christ, who wouldn't given the situation.

And he didn't have to do it. He could've told Vickie to screw himself, rather than risk complete public/national embarrassment on TV, in front of friends, family, and other football teams. Remember, that debacle is on his permanent resume now.

He showed a tubful of guts accepting, hell, volunteering, to take one for the team and going out there.

I probably wouldn't have done it.

He's a pro athlete for fucks sake.

[New World Order]

Knowmo?

[Rain Man]

They were considering putting Garrett Bolles back there, but he didn't know the offense.

[DaFace]

He's a pro athlete for fucks sake.His stat line is better than Kelce's.

[Megatron96]

He's a pro athlete for fucks sake.

And?

[Megatron96]

They were considering putting Garrett Bolles back there, but he didn't know the offense.

LMAO
Gat Dang, you're on a roll. Gfy.:thumb:

[htismaqe]

Fangio also chewed out the QB group for violating COVID protocols. I’m pissed the NFL scheduled us opposite of this game so I couldn’t watch.

“I’m fully prepared to react and improvise no matter what happens. And in a weird way, I’m kind of happy to see some of this stuff happen because you get to see who the whiners are, who the bitchers are, and who can’t handle adversity. And I’m going to try hard that the Denver Broncos don’t fall into any of those categories.”

- Vic Fangio

October 12th, 2020

[DeepPurple]

Worse than Palko?

Did you know Tyler Palko starting QB at Pitt 2004 to 2006 beat out Joe Flacco as starter in 2005 and that's why Joe ended up going to Delaware. Flacco was drafted in the first round and Palko wasn't drafted....and yes, this guy playing for the Broncos was worse than Palko. That's a rare photo of Flacco in a Pitt uni.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/quarterback-joe-flacco-of-the-university-of-pittsburgh-panthers-drops-picture-id79828319?s=594x594&w=125

[crispystl]

Did you know Tyler Palko starting QB at Pitt 2004 to 2006 beat out Joe Flacco as starter in 2005 and that's why Joe ended up going to Delaware. Flacco was drafted in the first round and Palko wasn't drafted....and yes, this guy playing for the Broncos was worse than Palko. That's a rare photo of Flacco in a Pitt uni.

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/quarterback-joe-flacco-of-the-university-of-pittsburgh-panthers-drops-picture-id79828319?s=594x594&w=125

He should've been holding a clipboard in that game!

[Why Not?]

I mean, he’s certainly not a hero or anything and I’m sure the almost $40K game check to go with zero pressure to do anything helped make “accepting” the job easy for him but he still gave a game effort in an impossible situation. Did he play well? Of course not but he completed a pass in an NFL game, something 99.9% of human existence will never do. Saw the interview with him after the game and he seemed humbled and grateful for getting into an NFL game. The respect he has gotten from teammates and ex players shows how difficult a spot he was in.

Anyone who legitimately thinks that they or any of their buddies from the gym could do better is on planet delusional.

All that being said,

Funk the Donks and I hope he starts against us this week!

[Pasta Little Brioni]

And?

I'm failing to see what is so special about a paid professional going out and having one of the worst games in NFL history. Blown out by Taysum Tebow to boot. Yeah I don't blame him for being bad, but big fucking deal that he went out and played

[FloridaMan88]

Lock’s mom sounds like the typical helicopter parent who is trying to get her adult son out of trouble...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/zvQJicZa62">pic.twitter.com/zvQJicZa62</a></p>&mdash; Laura Lock (@LauraLockRocks) <a href="https://twitter.com/LauraLockRocks/status/1333558937279471621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Megatron96]

I'm failing to see what is so special about a paid professional going out and having one of the worst games in NFL history. Blown out by Taysum Tebow to boot. Yeah I don't blame him for being bad, but big fucking deal that he went out and played

Not sure where you're going with this now.

All I said was Hinton deserves some respect for going out and playing the position of NFL QB, a position he hasn't played since college, with less than a day's notice, in front of the world, against one of the best pass-rushing defenses in the league. And so forth.

i guess you don't know what it's like to have pride in yourself/your professional reputation?

Hinton wasn't even given a 1% of 1% (>0.01%) chance to be successful by Fangio and the Broncos, is my point. Hinton is a young athlete very recently signed to the practice squad, that didn't practice or play a single snap this season, thrust into the starting QB role with no prep whatsoever. He was doomed to fail on Sunday, and doomed to look bad. Really bad. he knew that, knew that he could not just get hurt, but he could be a laughingstock in the NFL world. Probably knew that if he was bad enough it could hurt his chances of remaining in the NFL.

And it could've been a lot worse than it was. But he took it on and didn't just curl up or turn himself into a Keystone Kops/Three Stooges meme.

That took some guts.

[DanT]

Brandon Perna, from That's Good Sports & That's Good Broncos, said that when each QB came into contact with Driskel (I think that's who was positive) that none of them were wearing masks, including Driskel.

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Perna's "That's Good Broncos" show seems kinda fun to watch. I have only seen 2 or 3 of them, but he's honest enough that he can be hilarious.

[Misplaced_Chiefs_Fan]

Perna's "That's Good Broncos" show seems kinda fun to watch. I have only seen 2 or 3 of them, but he's honest enough that he can be hilarious.

OMG, that song at the end of his Chiefs/Broncos review was hilarious! ROFLROFLROFL

[ChiefsFanatic]

OMG, that song at the end of his Chiefs/Broncos review was hilarious! ROFLROFLROFLThat was a riff on Disturbed's version of The Sound of Silence. Honestly, Perna is pretty awesome. I only watch That's Good Broncos when we play them, but I usually watch every episode of That's Good Sports though.

He is funny, and you can tell he's just a good person.

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[Pablo]

Lock’s mom sounds like the typical helicopter parent who is trying to get her adult son out of trouble...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/zvQJicZa62">pic.twitter.com/zvQJicZa62</a></p>&mdash; Laura Lock (@LauraLockRocks) <a href="https://twitter.com/LauraLockRocks/status/1333558937279471621?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

What a scumbag woman. No wonder she produced such an awful turd for a child.